Singapore in June of this year lifted the ban on imports of Japanese poultry and other food products, which allowed Tokyo to renew efforts to increase exports of agricultural and fish products to the rich economy of Southeast Asia.

Currently, the city-state allows importing from Japan poultry, processed products from poultry and eggs, as well as products from beef and pork, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan reported.

Singapore suspended imports of Japanese poultry in 2010 due to an outbreak of bird flu in Japan.

Masatsugu Okita, a spokesman for Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said Japan is now allowed to send chilled and frozen beef and pork to Singapore, which is diversifying its sources of food imports.

According to Okita, the ministry held talks with Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Administration to lift the ban on poultry as Tokyo is trying to increase exports of its agricultural and fishing products.

Yoshimitsu Fuji, the second secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Singapore, said that supplies of poultry products from Japan to Singapore will begin a few months after the Singapore government accredits Japanese poultry farms and processing plants.